1Pe 2:10 | RWP | e4.org | Which in time past ( ο ποτε ). "Who once upon a time." No people ( ου λαος ). This phrase from . Note use of ου (not ουδεις ) with λαος like Hebrew negative. Which had not obtained mercy ( ο ουκ ελεημενο ). Perfect passive articular participle of ελεεω and the emphatic negative ου , with which compare Paul's use of ; in , which may have been known to Peter or not. But now have obtained mercy ( νυν δε ελεηθεντες ). Change to first aorist passive participle from "the long antecedent state" to "the single event of conversion which ended it" (Hort).

‏ 1 Peter 2:10

Which in time past ( ο ποτε ). "Who once upon a time."

No people ( ου λαος ). This phrase from Hos 2:23. Note use of ου (not ουδεις ) with λαος like Hebrew negative.

Which had not obtained mercy ( ο ουκ ελεημενο ). Perfect passive articular participle of ελεεω and the emphatic negative ου, with which compare Paul's use of Ho 1; 2 in Ro 9:25, which may have been known to Peter or not.

But now have obtained mercy ( νυν δε ελεηθεντες ). Change to first aorist passive participle from "the long antecedent state" to "the single event of conversion which ended it" (Hort).